Umbrina

Translingual

Etymology

Coined by French zoologist Georges Cuvier in 1817 on page 174 of Volume I of Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation as a Latinization of French Ombrines (“shadowy ones”) from ombre +‎ -ines, inherited from Old French onbre, ombre, from Latin umbra, probably from Old Latin *omra, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂mr-u-, *h₂mrup-.

Proper noun

Umbrina

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sciaenidae – certain croakers.